Sorry if my grammar isn't the best, but I am struggling on how I put this. So I have an effect applied to a solid layer which is set to the screen mode blend. Now I have to mask the effect behind my main character, and doing a simple mask didn't really do the trick and I haven't found anything on google. So how do I get this to work? Let me know if you have any questions especially since I am sure I didn't if I word this right.
I want the lightsaber to be behind the character in the middle.
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It sounds like you are most of the way there. Like you, I applied the Saber effect to a Solid that has a Screen blend mode. I then applied a mask to the area of the solid that I wanted to hide and set the mask mode to Subtract.
Within the Saber effect it is important to change the Render Settings Alpha Mode to Mask Core. This will hide the beam but still allow the glow to overlap the area that was masked.
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It sounds like you are most of the way there. Like you, I applied the Saber effect to a Solid that has a Screen blend mode. I then applied a mask to the area of the solid that I wanted to hide and set the mask mode to Subtract.
Within the Saber effect it is important to change the Render Settings Alpha Mode to Mask Core. This will hide the beam but still allow the glow to overlap the area that was masked.
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